Main Web Preferences

Appearance

• Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFEFA6
  • web-specific background color, current color
• Set SITEMAPLIST = on
• Set WEBSUMMARY = Welcome to GccaWiki ... meet people on this site

Wiki application settings

• WebTopicEditTemplate
  • default template for new topics in this web, if this topic does not exist, site-level default template will be used

• Set WEBFORMS = UserForm
  • Comma separated list of forms that can be attached to topics in this web. See DataForms for more information.

Access control

Users or groups who are allowed to view, change and rename topics in the Main web. Remember that an empty setting is a valid setting; setting DENYWEBVIEW to nothing means that anyone can view the web. If you intend to lock down the Main to only allow registration, you need to add the built in RegistrationAgent to the ALLOWWEBCHANGE setting.

• Set DENYWEBVIEW =
• Set ALLOWWEBVIEW =
• Set DENYWEBCHANGE =
• Set ALLOWWEBCHANGE =
• Set DENYWEBRENAME =
• Set ALLOWWEBRENAME =

Users or groups allowed to change or rename this WebPreferences topic: (e.g., AdminGroup?)

• Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = AdminGroup?
• Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = AdminGroup?

Help on Preferences

• A preference setting lets you define a simple macro? that can be expanded in your output.
• A preference setting looks like this:
  3 or 6 spaces * Set NAME = value
  Example:
  • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFFFC0
• A preferences setting can be disabled with a # sign. Remove the # sign to enable a local customisation. Example:
  
  • #Set DENYWEBCHANGE = UnknownUser
• Macros defined using preference settings are expanded by enclosing the name in percent signs. Example:
  • When you write %WEBBGCOLOR%, it gets expanded to #FFEFA6
• The sequential order of the preference settings is significant. i.e. set WEBCOPYRIGHT before WIKIWEBMASTER since %WEBCOPYRIGHT% uses the %WIKIWEBMASTER% setting.
• You can introduce your own preference settings and use them in your topics and templates.
• Preferences can be defined in a number of places:
  1. DefaultPreferences
  2. SitePreferences
  3. Parent webs WebPreferences
  4. WebPreferences
  5. In user topics
  6. In Plugin documentation topics
  7. In topics
• Preference settings can be finalised, which means they can't be redefined

Tools

• Rename, move or delete this web:
  • Rename/move/delete web..., looking for references in all public webs - See also: ManagingWebs

Related Topics

• System.DefaultPreferences, Main.SitePreferences - site-level preferences
• WikiUsers - list of user topics. User topics can have optional user preferences
• Macros - what macros are and how to use them, including a list of common macros
• AccessControl - explains how to restrict access by users or groups